Name: Owensboro Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder classes sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower on a limited comparison.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.44/cwt on 9 head, down $63.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 26 comparable sales and sits −22.99 against this barn's trailing median of $401.43.

Average price

$378.44

▼ 63.23 vs prior sale

9 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$429

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2

$43.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.82

vs KY average

+2.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	383.25	2,146	8thin
Medium 1-2	505	340.00	1,717	1thin

One grade step is worth $43.25/cwt here — about $429 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $441.67, low $362.03, median $401.43 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

378.44

—

KY average25 barns · 1,015 hd

406.27

−27.82

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

+2.63

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.43

−22.99

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,805	218.41	3,942	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,717	173.75	2,982	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	167.27	2,044	4thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

44 lots · USDA AMS · Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,778	235.71/cwt	230.00–240.00	4,191	2
Bulls	—	—	1,823	206.87/cwt	201.00–210.00	3,771	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,904	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,723	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,101	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	171.02/cwt	170.00–172.00	2,151	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	322.51/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,075	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	215	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,064	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,975	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	300.51/cwt	300.00–302.00	2,058	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,533	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	235.18/cwt	200.00–281.00	2,928	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,205	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,148	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	373.27/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,531	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,095	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,879	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	363	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,888	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	500–550	548	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,973	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	426.22/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,071	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,042	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,843	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	317.50/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	412.63/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	262	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	390	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,970	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	250	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,550	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,770	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,814	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	470	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,068	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	362.56/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,751	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,606	1

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Mon Jul 20, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 109Last week 193Year ago 191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 0Year ago 34

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 3

Compared to last week feeder classes sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower on a limited comparison.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,778	230.00–240.00	235.71
3	—	1,823	201.00–210.00	206.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	176.00	176.00
2	—	1,723	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,770	159.00	159.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,258	170.00–172.00	171.02
1	—	1,115	156.00	156.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	540.00	540.00
1	300–350	340	480.00	480.00
4	400–450	434	455.00	455.00
8	450–500	486	425.00–430.00	426.22
6	550–600	564	391.00	391.00
2	600–650	600	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	673	320.00–325.00	322.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	405.00–420.00	412.63
4	650–700	685	300.00–302.00	300.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	250	620.00	620.00
6	350–400	363	520.00	520.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	350.00–375.00	362.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	540.00	540.00
1	400–450	415	492.00	492.00
4	450–500	474	467.00	467.00
6	650–700	678	370.00–380.00	373.27
1	700–750	745	340.00	340.00
2	900–950	900	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	400.00	400.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	580.00	580.00
5	400–450	442	474.00	474.00
3	500–550	500	415.00	415.00
5	600–650	605	355.00	355.00
1	900–950	940	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	495.00	495.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	465.00	465.00
1	350–400	365	440.00	440.00
1	450–500	455	405.00	405.00
2	600–650	630	315.00–320.00	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	650.00	650.00
11	350–400	390	505.00	505.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,245	200.00–281.00	235.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,075	3,000.00	3,000.00

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Owensboro Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Kentuckiana Livestock Market - Owensboro, KY

Slaughter Cattle

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Replacement Cattle